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1 online resource |
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World War, 1939-1945 language |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Part I -- Africa and The Middle-East; 1. Initial Encounters -- Fighting the Italians in the Sudan, 1940: 5th Indian Division and the Sudan Defence Force in action; 2. The Italian Invasion and British Re-Occupation of British Somaliland: 1/2nd & 3/15th Punjabis in Somaliland, July 1940 -- March 1941; 3. The 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde) of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles in the Sudan, Eritrea and Abyssinia -- September 1940 to July 1941 |
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4. The 1st Jammu & Kashmir Mountain Battery, Indian State Forces, In East Africa and Syria -- November 1940 to April 19425. Fighting the Vichy French in Syria: 3/1st Punjabis and 4/6th Rajputana Rifles on the road to Damascus, June 1941; 6. The Kali Panchwin in North Africa, 1941-1942: From heroism at Wadi Halfaya to destruction and captivity at Tobruk; 7. Surrender in the Cauldron: 10th Indian Infantry Brigade in the Knightsbridge Cauldron Battle, North Africa, 30th May -- 6th June 1942. |
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8. Ruweisat Ridge, Western Egyptian Desert -- The Second Battle: Punjabis and Rajputs of the 161st Indian Motor Brigade attack on 21st -- 24th July 1942.9. The Fourth Indian Division in the Battle of Wadi Akarit (Operation Scipio) Tunisia, 6th April 1943 and the award of a Victoria Cross to 1st Battalion The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles); 10. The Assault on Djebel Garci, Tunisia, 20-22 April 1943: A Victoria Cross and four Indian Orders of Merit for the 4th/6th Rajputana Rifles and five Indian Orders of Merit for the 1st/9th Gurkhas; Part II -- Burma and Assam |
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1. 'Z' Force -- ('The Jonnies') The award of a Distinguished Service Order to Major Samuel Newland of the Indian Army Intelligence Corps2. No. 28: The Japanese Attack on Moulmein, Burma 30th-31st January 1942; 3. The Stand at Kyaukse, Burma : 48th Indian Infantry Brigade holds its ground and fights back, 28 -- 29 April 1942; 4. Retreat From Burma 1942. The Struggles Through The Northern Passes. Awards of the George, Albert and British Empire Medals (Military Division) and Appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
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5. 'The Government Has Come Back By Umbrella' -- Operations PUDDLE and FIREPUMP. The first operational jumps into Burma of 50th Indian Parachute Brigade6. The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Punjab Regiment in the First Arakan Campaign: December 1942 -- May 1943; 7. Tripura Sepoys in the Arakan Campaign: December 1942 -- February 1946; 8. Towards the Irrawaddy: Gurkhas on the First Chindit Expedition -- OPERATION LONGCLOTH, Burma, February -- May 1943 |
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9. The 1st Battalion (King George's Own) (Ferozepore Sikhs) 11th Sikh Regiment in the Second Arakan Campaign, October 1943 -- APRIL 1944 and the award of a Victoria Cross to Naik Nand Singh |
| Summary |
""This book gives out details of how the Indian Army contributed during the Second World War how it prevailed using courage, professionalism, honor, and dignity. "" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
India. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
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India. Army. |
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History. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, East Indian.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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1939-1945 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9789388161787 (electronic book) |
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9388161785 (electronic book) |
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9789388161763 |
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